For He Who is almighty has done great things for me--and holy is His name [to be venerated in His purity, majesty and glory]!And His mercy (His compassion and kindness toward the miserable and afflicted) is on those who fear Him with godly reverence, from generation to generation and age to age.

LISTENING TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT
(TO CELEBRATE THE EUCHARIST IN GOOD MANNER )

BY: RD. SEBASTIANUS EKA BS

My dear Ladies and Gentlemen ,

In
celebration of the Eucharist commonl Sunday is a time for people to get
together. In the conjunction with the Cathedral Church that has members
of aroundabout 5,000 (five thousand), approximately there will be about
2700 people could regularly gather around the Eucharist schedule
provided in the common Sunday Eucharist. Therefore, at each end of the
celebration presented various important announcement for the people.

The
main point in this manner is the important announcement. Which is
common in our cathedral church are announcements about several things,
namely with regard to:
1. the collection and acceptance of donations;
2. Activities / divine service which will involve people such as the reception of the Sacrament;
3. Marriage;
4. The days of an important warning ecclesiastical;
5. Other important matters.
Of
course not everything is announced, given the time constraints. But we
still have other media that can contain a variety of information or
announcements more broadly, namely News cathedral (BERKAT).

It
is important to carefully pay attention to the announcement. Not
infrequently the announcement is related to our purposes. For example,
the announcement for the acceptance of the registration baptism.
Announcements like this would have been not announced only once.
Definitely a few times. But not infrequently no current race has started
debriefing period too late to register, and then urged jostled to be
included. Things like this should be avoided if we really got attention.
Moreover, many announcements are also published in the News of the
cathedral (BERKAT).

Let us accustom ourselves to have the
attention and concern over the announcement delivered in church.
Therefore, after receiving Holy Communion, some of us then rush home
due to various reasons, so that receiving Holy Communion as just a
snack. As well as the snack after dinner and then I gotta go home. Come
and participate to celebrate the Eucharist which is not too much time
wasted. The time for the Eucharist is usually between 75 to 90 minutes,
except on certain feast days. God has given time for us, it is good that
we dedicate our time too to glorify God.